I'm studying for a psychology degree via distance learning. It's part time and I am due to finish it at the end of 2015. I started it towards the end of 2009 so am around halfway through.

Up until last year I really enjoyed it. It was everything I wanted to do and I loved it. I did well in the exam but crashed healthwise and ended up more ill (I have health problems) so I took 8 months out.

I started again in January this year and it's been a constant struggle. I'm just not enjoying it anymore. I've started to doubt what I'll even do with it. I'd really like to do a therapy course although I'm not sure I'm well enough yet. Eventually I'd like to do a post graduate psychotherapy diploma which requires a degree but I already have my first degree from when I was eighteen. Obviously psychology would be useful but I don't think the course in question requires me to be a psychology graduate. The difficulty is that currently I wouldn't be well enough to do this post graduate course but I can work towards it doing counselling certificate courses.

If I leave my degree after the second year (which I'm currently in) I think I'd be awarded with some sort of diploma.

I'm worried I'll regret this. The trouble is, due to fee increases I don't have any leeway. Currently I get financial help on the basis I will finish the degree when I do. If I leave and then return I suspect I will have to pay full fees which runs into thousands of pounds. It would be an expensive mistake to make.

How do you know it's the right decision? I know it has to come from my heart but I feel torn and don't know what my heart is saying. I feel tired and am putting so much into this which I'm not sure is helping me. I wonder if I've just moved on and it's not my thing anymore. Cognitive stuff is challenging and while I could probably do it, I don't find it interesting enough to study for hours over.